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https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2167340-sony-vaio-laptop-drive-in-a-dell-computer?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2167340-sony-vaio-laptop-drive-in-a-dell-computer?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumSony Vaio Laptop drive in a Dell computer<p>So I have a Sony Vaio laptop that has a display hardware problem. The display is beyond repair. My line of least resistance was to take the laptop hard drive out (Windows 8.1) and install it into a spare Dell desktop I have.. Problem is, it will not boot. It just gives a blinking line on a black screen. Any suggestions? The hard drive is good, it will work in the laptop with the laptop connected to an external monitor. Thanks.</p>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:39:08 +0000Inyo5521https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2152024-reinstalling-windows-on-sony-vaio?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2152024-reinstalling-windows-on-sony-vaio?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumReinstalling windows on sony vaio<p>I am trying to reinstall windows on a sony vaio VPCEB11FM because it's coming up no OS found; what I think happened before this issue is windows 7 was upgraded to 10 and it seems to have disabled the "assist" button to get to the settings I need to reinstall, it will not let me even if I reformat the partition presumably because of the boot mode, assuming it's not a hardware issue. Is there any trick to getting that assist button re-enabled? Hitting F2 on startup has super limited options in the BIOS that aren't helpful besides boot order...</p>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 20:29:09 +0000kalibeatty9https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2146406-what-partitions-are-necessary-to-clone-a-sony-vaio-svj20213cxw-s-hdd-to-ssd?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2146406-what-partitions-are-necessary-to-clone-a-sony-vaio-svj20213cxw-s-hdd-to-ssd?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumWhat partitions are necessary to clone a Sony Vaio SVJ20213CXW's HDD to SSD?<p>Tried cloning the Vaio HDD with the free Macrium Reflect 7 to a 512 GByte SSD but I kept getting "not enough room on SSD" errors so figured if I just cloned the 5th (C:) NTFS primary drive partition alone via USB to SATA connector that it might be all I needed..</p><p>Unfortunately I got this error, and could not get into the BIOS to check the Boot device order, nor get past the "Unable to find Operating System" error when I swapped in the new PSS SSD 4 hours of transfer delay and successful copy later..</p><p>I think I may have missed one or two more partitions that are critical.. would anyone here know which of these 7 ( see image attached) are required to boot up the Win 10 OS and if possible how to adjust the partitions in size to allow them to fit in what appears to be just under 496 Gb of useable SSD space so it (* or they) will all fit in the...</p>Thu, 05 Jul 2018 21:54:56 +0000jimsnodgrass22https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2140976-pendrive-issue?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2140976-pendrive-issue?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumPendrive Issue<p>I have one 16 Gb pendrive which is working yesterday.Actually it got infected by some virus i think i have formatted once from Ubuntu.Then connected in Windows machine and it not able to detect in Windows so tried to format inside Windows which was not happening</p><p>So connected that same pendrive to the Ubuntu machine and tried formatting to NTFS the format was happening the power went off.After i took and connected once to the Ubuntu machine inside disk itself not detected and in the Windows also Disk management is not detecting.</p><p>Now I am to connect to the Laptop or PC the light is glowing but it not detected in df -h,fdisk commands.Any suggestions for this issue to make my pendrive work now <br></p>Sun, 10 Jun 2018 05:34:05 +0000ls_016https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2120754-i-have-a-sony-vaio-laptop?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2120754-i-have-a-sony-vaio-laptop?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumI have a Sony Vaio laptop<p>
I have a Sony Vaio laptop. when I power it on, i can see the power light on, but there is no display on the screen and i cannot do anything with the laptop. when i connect the laptop to external monitor also there is no display. can anyone suggest some help to solve this issue?
<br></p>Thu, 15 Mar 2018 12:50:32 +0000patrickruneta4https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2118128-sony-vaio-svt1311m1es?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2118128-sony-vaio-svt1311m1es?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumSony Vaio SVT1311M1ES<p>Hello.</p><p>When I power on the laptop, I have no image at all.</p><p>The cooler spins for a bit and stops.</p><p>After about 20s, it starts spinning at full speed, and then the laptop shuts down.</p><p>Replaced the <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" title="Link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Q1OK20C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00Q1OK20C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1">SSD</a> and it worked fine for about a day. Now is back to the same behavior.</p><p>Any clue?</p>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:47:13 +0000NJJL7https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2116348-sony-vaio-pro-13-laptop-auto-restart-every-minutes-critical-process-died?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2116348-sony-vaio-pro-13-laptop-auto-restart-every-minutes-critical-process-died?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumsony vaio pro 13 laptop auto restart every minutes critical process died<p>hi i am using sony vaio pro 13 laptop upgraded the OS to Windows - 10 for the issue i run all the hardware diagnostic test result shows no issue and i refresh windows 10 but still the issue persist i checked the cooler fan all working fine.</p><p>And the blue screen error message as below</p><p>your pc ran in to problem and needs to restart. </p><p>stop error code : critical_process_died<br></p>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:43:39 +0000RRamkumar3https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2059843-sony-vaio-tap-20-constantly-has-connection-issues?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2059843-sony-vaio-tap-20-constantly-has-connection-issues?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumSony Vaio tap 20 constantly has connection issues<p>I have had my tap 20 for 5yrs and since I bought it new it's had connectivity issues. It won't find networks even though nothing else has issues, and when it does connect it drops connection easy. What could be going on with it? I've tried tech support 100x they are like talking to a brick wall.</p>Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:14:29 +0000ashleystarnes2https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2028698-sony-vaio-all-in-one?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2028698-sony-vaio-all-in-one?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumSony VAIO all-in-one<p>I have a co-worker that brought me her Sony VAIO all-in-one to repair. It came with Windows 7 and her son upgraded to Windows 10 free. After that, he continued to download a bunch of "upgrades" for Windows 10, not realizing that not all of them were not legitimate and from Microsoft. This caused the computer to freeze up (I don't know and neither did she)what specifically was downloaded. So he decided to delete Windows to try and start over. It is important t note that he also deleted the image drive.</p><p>So now my question, I have come to the conclusion, that there is no way for me to install Windows without having to buy it, as the only version available to download (as a bootable disc) now is Windows 10. The cost for her will be roughly $120. My question, is it worth the price to install a new Windows on this one, or should I advise her...</p>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:52:57 +0000blkwolf6https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1994648-andriod-mobile-support?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1994648-andriod-mobile-support?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumAndriod Mobile Support<p>Dear Team,This is my request support for my mobile. I am using Sony Xperia X5 the mobile pattern is in lock mode which i have forgot and data is very important. Now I had tried each and every possibility for getting back up but no luck found. Can you people please suggest me can I copy my mobile files in either ways. Please help me out of this.</p><div>I have IMEI number, BOX, Bill. & to be clear i have the IP address of my mobile in which router im getting connected,. the thing this i want someone to please help me in taking our at least pics from that.</div> Sat, 13 May 2017 12:53:39 +0000rehmansha3https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1981260-swollen-battery?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1981260-swollen-battery?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumSwollen Battery<p>Hello Spice Heads!</p><p>Got a good one for you.</p><p>One of our users has informed of an issue with their phone. It appears their battery has swollen causing the back of the phone to pop off. Any one else had this issue or similar issues with other devices.</p><p><img data-id="238924" src="https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/post_images/0000238924/58e391d0/attached_image/Sony_Xperia_Z2.jpg" title="Image: https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/post_images/0000238924/58e391d0/attached_image/Sony_Xperia_Z2.jpg"></p><p>The phone is a Sony Xperia Z2 and its about 2 - 3 years old.</p><p>Cheers,<br></p><p>Chris Tech</p>Tue, 04 Apr 2017 12:30:08 +0000ChrisTech20165https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1945266-need-help-removing-a-password-from-a-sony-notebook-model-pcg-993l?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1945266-need-help-removing-a-password-from-a-sony-notebook-model-pcg-993l?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumNeed help removing a password from a Sony Notebook Model PCG-993L<p> </p><p><b>Need suggestions on how to remove a BIOS password from a Sony Notebook Model PCG-993L runnnig Windows XP.</b></p> <p>Once in a while it happens that one is left with an old machine that has some surprises connected to it… unfortunately, this is one of those situations. Upon booting the laptop, I am asked for a BIOS password that I do not have. This computer was given to me by a fellow employee (who also doesn't know this password) and basically told me, "I don't know what to do with this thing, good luck getting into it." Although getting into this machine is not life or death, I refuse to turn down the challenge of unlocking this sucker.</p><p>This is what I've done so far:</p> <p>I have tried the usual removal of the CMOS battery.</p><p>Booting from the CD drive with the Installation CD to wipe it out.</p><p>Rebooting without the CMOS Battery while hitting F2 + DEL.</p> <p>…...</p>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 15:14:02 +0000Oscar (LinkTek)6https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1772558-network-monitor-to-watch-pc-s-for-bandwidth-hogs?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1772558-network-monitor-to-watch-pc-s-for-bandwidth-hogs?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumNetwork Monitor to watch PC's for bandwidth hogs?<p>If not Network Monitor, is there any other recommended tools? I am trying to find bandwidth hogs.. </p>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:15:19 +0000BrianStarDist4https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1754736-finding-sony-vaio-svf15n-assembly-numbers-exploded-diagram?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1754736-finding-sony-vaio-svf15n-assembly-numbers-exploded-diagram?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumFinding SONY VAIO SVF15N assembly numbers exploded diagram<p>Hi all,</p><p>Refurbishing a FIT 15A (SVF15N190X) in bad shape and converting from M.2 SSD to SATA SSD but can't find parts diagram or service manual for this model anywhere. Sony and their third party authorized parts suppliers are of no help. <br></p><p>Any leads as to where I might obtain this info in order to source parts?</p><p>Thanks.</p><p>Robert</p>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 01:01:03 +0000robertkchen4https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1452605-sony?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1452605-sony?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumsony<p>sony bios password</p>
Fri, 19 Feb 2016 14:07:56 +0000benjaminasamoah3https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1150499-vaio-sve151190x-wifi-issues?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1150499-vaio-sve151190x-wifi-issues?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumVAIO SVE151190X WiFi Issues<p>Hello Spiceheads!</p> <p>I've come across an issue that I can't seem to find an answer for and am running out of ideas. I replaced my WiFi card in my VAIO from a AR9485 combo card to the AR9285 combo card a few months back. Everything was working great on my Windows partition. The second I booted to OSX (this was an experimental hackintosh project and the whole purpose why I switched cards) suddenly it stopped working. Thought it was a bad kext and that I didn't apply patches properly, but when I booted to Windows, it wasn't working there either.</p> <p>Booted into a Ubuntu disk I had laying around and came to find out that for some odd reason the WiFi is being hard blocked. My model does not contain a hardware switch and I've already tried restoring factory defaults both with the original recovery disks as well as Bios. No luck.</p> <p>I tried to research...</p>Thu, 27 Aug 2015 21:15:54 +0000jcerqueira918https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhardwarehttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1145434-laptop-won-t-connect-to-the-network-until-restart-it-s-a-routine?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1145434-laptop-won-t-connect-to-the-network-until-restart-it-s-a-routine?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumLaptop won't connect to the network until restart, it's a routine!!!<p>In our company, one of my colleague is using SONY VAIO convertible laptop. For more than two months he is facing some issues like Laptop won't connect to the network until restart. Once he restart then it is working perfect.</p>
<p>He has tested the same laptop on another two networks... every where he is facing the same problem. Once he reach office the laptop was already shutdown, then once he connect to the network and start, it wont connect and once restart it will connect to the network.</p>
<p>OS: Windows 8.1</p>
<p>Laptop Make: Sony VAIO Duo 13 Convertible Ultrabook﻿</p>
<p>Please help me on this case.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Muhammed QTR</p>
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<p>Doha-Qatar﻿</p>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 09:42:07 +0000fazamuhammed4https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/988516-anyone-else-being-denied-access-to-psn?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/988516-anyone-else-being-denied-access-to-psn?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumAnyone Else Being Denied Access to PSN?<p>Has anyone had problems accessing the PSN? (bare with me for long explanation)</p> <p>I am working with a client who provides Internet services to multi tenant buildings such as college dorms. At a few of the sites the users have been complaining about being denied access to the PSN(Play Station Network).</p> <p>We have had a total of four sites experiencing this issue. The issues started a month and a half ago with a site in Tampa, FL which was on a local cable company circuit. At that site, we changed the IP address slightly, just the last digit and within the same subnetblock. The issue appeared to be resolved, but after a few days it came back.</p> <p>Next it happened to a site in Orlando, FL and the same pattern repeated. Then it happened in CA andSan Antonio, TX.</p> <p>When a site is affected by this issue, all Sony devices (PS4, PS3, PSP, some TVs)...</p>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 20:52:50 +0000MNes3https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/769796-sony-vaio-vgn-a170-keyboard-not-working-after-reinstall?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/769796-sony-vaio-vgn-a170-keyboard-not-working-after-reinstall?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumsony vaio vgn-a170 keyboard not working after reinstall<p>Hi, </p>
<p>reinstall xp on sony vaio vgn a170 and keyboard works on bios but not on xp. The origional disk is shot. Still looking for drivers of it. Sony site gives plenty of drivers for machine but keyboard and mouse do not work. No missing drivers in device manager - just does not see devices.</p>
<p>touchpad driver fails to install as does not see it present! </p>
<p>any ideas.</p>
<p>albert</p>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 20:18:42 +0000albertkeys6https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsonyhttps://community.spiceworks.com/topic/730702-how-to-remove-bios-password?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forum
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/730702-how-to-remove-bios-password?utm_campaign=item&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=forumhow to remove bios password<p>tell me how can i remove passward on bios</p>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:37:09 +0000muhammadasad2https://content.spiceworksstatic.com/service.community/p/group_images/0000001322/49b85677/attached_image/SONY_Logo_small.jpgsony